Minutes of the Corvette Super Sports Regular Meeting

Tuesday, March 2, 2004

Meeting called to order at 7:03 p.m. by Greg Glodery, President.  February Minutes were accepted as submitted.

Old Business

1.                   CSS Club Car Show.  Our car show has been set for Saturday, August 21 at the Elks Lodge in Buena Park.  Hal Oberman will have a flyer ready for distribution at the 12th Annual Gambler’s Classic Poker Run in Laughlin (March 12-14). 

2.                   Golf Tournament.  Our golf tournament will take place in September.  We will let the company facilitate the tournament for a minimum of 24 people or more.  Linda Schaefer will chair this event but she needs assistance in obtaining raffle gifts, gift certificates, etc.  Please volunteer to help make this a successful event!

New Business

1.                   Club Member Biographies.  CSS newsletter to highlight at least three club members on a monthly basis with photos.

a.       We will feature two longstanding members and one new member or vice-versa.

b.      The biographies will be limited to one paragraph and will be written by peers.

c.       New adoptions, births, etc. will be announced in the newsletter as well.   For example, Bill and Marietta Darke are expecting a C5 and Gonzalo “Gonzo” Gonzales adopted a 1995 C4 convertible.

2.                   Treasurer’s Report Given.  Ann Meeuwenberg gave the Treasurer’s report and stated we have 97 members of which 96 are NCCC-affiliated. 

3.                   New Club Members.  John Rutecki was reinstated after a brief absence.  John, a quality manager, comes from Lake Forest and owns a 2003 Corvette.  Jill Teson’s membership application was also accepted.  She is a teacher and lives in Diamond Bar and owns a white 1981 Corvette.  Congratulations John and Jill!

4.                   Dinner Raffle.  A business card from Sizzler in Fullerton will be handed out to the dinner raffle winners instead of $10 cash.  This card will be good for one complimentary salad bar dinner and drink.

Committee Reports

1.                   Stillwell Challenge.  Gary Stillwell’s company of 200 employees had a contributions drive last year which supported three of our charities:  CHIP, H.I.S House and For Kids Sake.  In 13 weeks they raised $6,000!!  This year they will support CHIP, H.I.S. House and a charity of their choice that will benefit a local Hispanic community since 99% of the employees are of Mexican descent.  As a result, Gary challenged the Board of Directors, Marietta Darke and club members to match $.50 to every dollar raised by his employees beginning in April and ends in June.  If they raise $6,000, can we match at least $3,000? Gary challenges each member to donate a minimum of $1 per week for 13 weeks.

Stillwell’s Second Challenge.  Waxers to Racers racing contest in Fontana where there is a 1⁄4 mile strip.  The club can put up money for the trophies and keep score for the best division (C4/C5/older models), and select an overall racing champion.   Something to think about!

2.                   Phone Committee.  Donna Stewart (Chair) and Vicki Kump (Co-Chair) have put together a phone contact list and ask members to keep them apprised of any phone number changes.  Ann Meeuwenberg received feedback from two members who thought it gave a personal touch to be reminded of upcoming club and social events and they liked it.  Keep up the good work Donna, Vicki, Wilma, Roxanne, Janet, Linda S., Linda B., Linda N. and Marietta!

Past Events

Saturday, February 28 - Temecula Rod Run and Palm Springs Hospital Charity Show.  Corvette Super Sports had the largest representation at the Palm Springs event (33).  Trophy winner at this event was our very own, Gary Stillwell for hisZR1.  Congratulations Gary!

Upcoming Events

March 6, La Habra Bowl at 3:00 p.m. selected as a social event.  There will be a get-together for dinner afterwards.

March 12-14, 12th Annual Gambler’s Classic Poker Run in Laughlin has been declared as a club event.   Meeting place set for Friday, 9:00 a.m. at Carrow’s Restaurant on Mountain Avenue in Chino.

April – April, 17th Yanks-Motorsports-The Mills declared as a social event.  Please contact Ed and Linda Norris (909) 628-4202 / Bob and Vicki Kump (909) 627-6767 for additional information and to RSVP.

1.                   Car Rally Class.  Doug Meeuwenberg to pick a date soon.  A rally class will consist of a combination seminar and rally run.  After the rally they will go over the answer sheet and point out where errors were made.  Doug will try to get SoCal to help as they assisted NCCC’s one day class in Palm Springs (1999).

2.                   Future Club Event Proposal.  Michael Cooper to look into a club event in April at Dromo.  This is an indoor go-cart raceway in Orange (by The Pond).  You can go up to 46 mph, run 20 laps and pay only $25/per person which includes a helmet.  More information to follow at the next meeting.  Sounds like fun and you can’t mess up your corvettes in this race!

3.                   Director’s Activities Report.  Ken Vasilik read flyers from other car clubs’ upcoming events.   Don’t forget to view our events calendar under www.corvettesupersports.com to keep informed.  Ken also shared a card from Ron and Katie Kennedy expressing their appreciation for flowers we sent them for the passing of Ron’s father.

March Birthdays: 

03               Tom Cuccio

06               Gary Stillwell

06               Hal Oberman’s mother, Gilda, will be 100 years old!                   

10               Carole Romick

11               Linda Officer

13               Bob Franco

27               Charlotte McMillan        

28               Ellen Rightmeyer

Wedding Anniversaries:

02   Bruce and Carole Romick

24   Ron and Katie

Greg Glodery recognized past milestones and awarded Jim Harrington with a pin for his 15-year anniversary with the CSS club.  Congratulations Jim!!

Guests

Welcome Michael Coggi and his friend, Krysten Griffith of Fullerton.  Michael is a teacher and owns a 1998 C5.  We hope to see you again real soon.

Raffle Winners

Murray Hale won the 50/50 and a regular raffle.  Bill Freeland, Donna Stewart, John Rutecki (twice) and Bob Kump also are raffle ticket winners.  Also Esther McDaniel (that’s me) won the complimentary dinner raffle.  Congratulations to all of our winners!

There was no other business and meeting was adjourned at 8:26 p.m.  Greg Glodery motioned to end the meeting and Michael Cooper seconded the motion.

Respectively submitted by

Esther McDaniel

Secretary